Handouts for presentation give to the Hope for Hyndman Charter School on August 24, 2011

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Educational Technology on a Without a Budget
Justin Keel, Instructional Designer
Allegany College of Maryland
Outline
• Introductions
• Open Source Software
– What it is, where it is, and how I can get it!
• Free Web Tools
– Web tools for teachers and students
About Me
• 1999 – Graduate Hyndman Middle-Senior High School
• 2001 – A.S. Degree Allegany College of Maryland
• 2004 – B.S. Degree Frostburg State University
• 2014? – M.E.T. Degree Boise State University
• Instructional Designer, Allegany College of Maryland,
Department of Instructional Technology and Multimedia Services
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About Me
• Married 2005 – Kesha
• Daughter born February 18, 2008 – Daisy
• One more on the way … due in January!
Quote to Ponder
“Technology is only technology to
those born before the technology.”
- Alan Kay
Quote to Ponder
“The teacher knows as little how to
use it as his pupil.”
- What devise was this author talking about?
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• The Chalkboard (1840)
Instructional Technology: Looking Backward, Thinking Forward - YouTube
Video available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdwEIi22Dv8
What is Open Source Software?
• Open-source software (OSS) is computer software
that is available in source code form: the source code
and certain other rights normally reserved for
copyright holders are provided under a software
license that permits users to study, change, improve
and at times also to distribute the software.
Definition from Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org)
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How do I get it?
• Search the web … but be careful
• Use a well known project
– OpenDisc
Graphic above developed using “Wordle” (www.wordle.net)
OpenDisc Education 10.10
• OpenOffice • Inkscape
• Dia • Pencil
• Scribus • Blender
• GanttProject • Tuxpaint
• FreeMind • Audacity
• Firefox • Mixxx
• Thunderbird • MuseScore
• Pidgin • CamStudio
• GIMP • Maxima
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• Writer • Draw
– Comparable to Word – Comparable (but more
– Saves in odt or doc format sophisticated than) Paint
• Calc • Base
– Comparable to Excel – Comparable to Access
– Saves in ods or xls format – Saves in odb or accdb
• Impress
– Comparable to PowerPoint
– Saves in odp or ppt format
Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student (key only) - $119.99
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Dia Diagram Editor
• Dia is a program to draw structured diagrams
– Similar to Inspiration – (Digital Download $69.00)
Scribus
• Scribus is a professional page layout/publising
program.
– Similar to QuarkXpress, InDesign, and Pagemaker – (Adobe InDesign
CS5.5 $199.99)
• Inkscape is a vector graphics editor
– Similar to Illustrator or CorelDraw – (CorelDraw x5
digital download $399.00)
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• Gimp is a program for photo retouching,
image composition, and image authoring.
– Similar to Photoshop – (Adobe Photoshop CS5
$189.00)
• Audacity is a sound recording and editing program.
• MuseScore is a music notation program
– Similar to Finale – (Finale 2011 $228.99)
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Maxima
• Maxima is a computer algebra system (CAS)
– Maxima is similar to Maple – (Maple 15 Academic Pricing $1,245.00)
• Sellarium is a planetarium program for your computer.
– Similar to Starry Night – (Starry Night Pro 6 $149.95)
Cost Savings
• Just from the programs mentioned in the
previous slides … $2,600.92 per computer!
• There may be times when commercial
software is better …. BUT your students can
use this software at home for free!
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Free Web Tools
Graphic above developed using “Wordle” (www.wordle.net)
• www.prezi.com
• Free account needed. Education account
gives you more free tools.
• Prezi is a presentation tool. Used to make
“non-linear” presentations.
• Example
• www.wordle.net
• No account needed
• Create word clouds (used in this presentation)
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• www.thinkfinity.org
• Log in needed for available training (TIMS)
• A resource site of audio and video files, lesson
plans, interactive activities, worksheets and
more. Forums for students, parents, and
teachers.
• www.slideshare.net
• Free account needed
• Use your Slide Share account to share your
presentations and documents with your
audience
• View this presentation and handouts at
http://www.slideshare.net/jkeel
• www.youtube.com
• No account needed (unless you want to post
videos)
• Used to access videos for all content areas and
ages (always preview first)!
• Videos in this presentation are from YouTube
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• www.teachertube.com
• Free account needed to post items
• A sharing site for teachers … videos,
documents, audio, photos, …
• www.picnik.com
• Free account optional
• Used to edit (and save) photos
• www.engrade.com
• Free account needed (student/parent
accounts also available)
• Grade book / homework calendar / discussion board /
attendance / more!
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• www.wikispaces.com
• Free K-12 education account needed
• Create a class wiki, give permission for
students to edit pages within your wiki
www.khanacademy.org
Video available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6l8-1kHUsA&feature=player_embedded
• www.wordpress.com
• Free account needed
• Create personal website/blog
• Sample from the Department of Educational
Technology at Boise State University.
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The Big Questions
• With these and many more tools available,
how do we decide what tools are best for our
students to use?
The Big Questions
• What are you planning on using in your
classroom to enhance student learning?
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
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Did You Know 3.0 - YouTube
Video available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygMPyP7qIkU&feature=related
Questions?
Contact Me
Justin Keel
Allegany College of Maryland
Technologies Building
T-27
jkeel@allegany.edu
(301) 784 5636
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